Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!uokmax!rob From: rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: 7.0 VM On a SyQuest: How?? Keywords: Help Message-ID: <1991May17.191413.6171@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Date: 17 May 91 19:14:13 GMT References: <5786@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 12 In article <5786@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Paul BIG-EARS Menon) writes: > Why can't I use a SyQuest cartridge on my Mac in VM mode? > I cannot create a swap file on these. The "drive" popUp I would guess (emphasize guess) that it's because the Syquest is marked as an ejectable volume. Seems that removing the disk while the system is paging to/from it would be a Bad Thing, so it may not let you try. Robert -- Robert K. Shull rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu chinet!uokmax!rob